AHC 325 •
History Of Rome: The Republic

HISTORY 321M (39150)/AHC 325 (32080)Rome through the Death of Julius Caesar

REQUIRED READING

Cary & Scullard A History of Rome (3rd ed.), pages 1-282, 299-312

Plutarch Fall of the Roman Republic (Penguin)

Sallust Jugurthine War; Conspiracy of Catiline (Penguin)

RECOMMENDED READING

Appian The Civil Wars (Penguin), pages 1-132

OFFICE HOURS

Waggener 109, MWF 12-1 or by appointment

EXAMINATIONS

In addition to the final exam, which will start at its officially scheduled time, 9.00 a.m. in the morning of Wednesday, December 8and run for 2 hrs. 15 mins., there will be two quizes, each 50-55 minutes long, the first on September 24, the second on October 29. Only essay questions wll be set. On each quiz students will answer two questions from a choice of five, on the final exam three questions from a choice of seven. A student’s grade for the course will be determined by performance in the quizes (25% each) and final (50%): NOTE WELL: (1) students musttake both quizes as well as the final; (2) on this system to fail the final risks failing the course.

PLAN OF COURSE BY WEEKS

1. Introduction to course. 2. Sources of knowledge.

3. The Origins of Rome. 4. Early Roman Religion. 5. Tradition

[No class 9-6-10] 6. Family and Society 7. The Conflict of the Orders, I.

40. “Collapse” of religion. 41. Caesar’s Last Years. 42. Fall of the Republic

READING ASSIGNMENTS

Note that the required readings, as given below, are not an alternative to nor a substitute for the lectures. Their function is to supplement the lectures. In other words, yes. you are expected to attend the lectures.

LAT 323 •
Sallust, Bellum Jugurthinum

32615 •
Fall 2010
Meets
MWF 100pm-200pm WAG 208

The aim of the course is to study a work by one of the most unusual prose stylists in the Late Roman Republic, Sallust's account of the war the Romans fought against the Numidian princeling Jugurtha in the last decades of the second century B.C. Sallust approaches his subject in a language that is neither Ciceronian (one key-note being its extreme brevity) nor Caesarian (another key-note being its overtly rhetorical character). Beyond this, the subject-matter itself is highly unusual, inasmuch as in this particular war the political scene in Rome is just as important to the outcome as is any military success gained in North Africa.

Grading: there will be two one-hour quizes during the semester (20% each) and one two-hour final (40%). The remaining 20% will be determined by classroom participation